Av. GVS-ADOL-II-DG-REX-S-M-D˙F, bust of Sigismund III (without shoulder rosette).
Rv. -III- / 1 6 3 2 / GROS-ARG / TRIP-REG / -SVEC-; two lions hold a crowned shield with the Vasa coat of arms, at the bottom between the stars a cardinal's hat on a crescent - the mark of the mint's lessee, Marsilius Philipson.
Silver, 1.75 g, 20.1 mm. Kopicki 9621 (R2); Iger E.32.2b (R); Delzanno 342. Condition III+.
In the autumn of 1631, the Swedish governor seized the Elblag city mint and the proceeds from it (in addition to some of the profit from the shillings) for the benefit of the Swedish Crown, occupying Polish Royal Prussia. The inscription was also changed from CIVIT[atis] ELBINGEN[sis] to REGN[i] SVEC[iae]. Not only was Gustavus Adolphus's portrait molded after that of Sigismund III, but also the ruler's titulature: rex Sueciae magnus dux Finnoniae, imitated the Polish royal titulature.
As foreign coins minted for occupied Polish lands, the Swedish issues from Elblag can be considered the predecessors of the Partition coins.
